scott wrote:
> Did you know, that if you had a ton of old 2 pence pieces (worth 2800 
> pounds), you could melt them down and sell the ton of copper for the 
> going price of 4300 pounds.
> 
> Surely something has gone wrong when the things we use to represent the 
> actual money are worth more than the money itself?

Here's a thought: How much money does it take to make a sheet of special 
paper, emboss a watermark onto it, weave a thin strip of foil through 
it, print it with 15 unique inks at a trillion DPI on both sides, print 
it again with UV ink, print a hologram onto it, and label it in six 
places with a globally-unique code number?

Cos that is apparently how they make bank notes! ;-)



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